“It’s obvious if someone has talent!” Coaches’ subjective talent criteria in top-level Soccer

Jokuschies, Nina; Conzelmann, Achim (2016). “It’s obvious if someone has talent!” Coaches’ subjective talent criteria in top-level Soccer. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 23(2), pp. 44-55. Hogrefe 10.1026/1612-5010/a000161

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Although talent selection decisions in professional soccer are based on coaches’ subjective judgements, little is known to date about their subjective talent criteria. Drawing on a constructivist approach (Kelly, 1991), we studied six Swiss top-level youth soccer coaches using a semistructured interview and repertory grid technique (Fromm, 2004). The results show that the method can be used to define coaches’ subjective talent criteria. The multidimensionality and differentiation displayed by the coaches’ talent models are demonstrated by their inclusion of aspects from the field of personality characteristics, cognitive perceptual skills, physical abilities, technique, social environment, and physical constitution. The results indicate that the repertory grid technique can be used for systematic talent evaluations based on coaches’ subjective talent criteria.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Sport Science (ISPW) 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Sport Science (ISPW) > Sport Psychology and Research Methods
UniBE Contributor:	Conzelmann, Achim
Subjects:	100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology 700 Arts > 790 Sports, games & entertainment
ISSN:	1612-5010
Publisher:	Hogrefe
Language:	German
Submitter:	Fabiola Friolet
Date Deposited:	24 Feb 2017 11:24
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 15:03
Publisher DOI:	10.1026/1612-5010/a000161
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Talentidentifikation, Nachwuchsleistungssport, Subjektivität, Repertory Grid Technik, Fußball
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/96097